HEARTLAND Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 HEARTLAND SUNDANCE EQUIPPED WITH TOWMAX STR ST TIRES, SIZE: ST225/75 R15. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 62 MPH, THE DRIVER SIDE TIRE EXPLODED AND SHATTERED INTO PIECES WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT REPLACED THE TIRE THE NEXT DAY, AND THE REAR DRIVER SIDE TIRE EXPLODED AND SHATTERED INTO PIECES WITHOUT WARNING. THE DEALER REPLACED THE FOUR TIRES. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURES AND STATED THAT NOTHING COULD BE DONE. THE TIRE AND VEHICLE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 9,100.

REAR AXLE BRACKETS BROKE OFF OF FRAME CASING REAR AXLE TO MOVE AND BLOW TIRE ON THE FREEWAY. LUCKILY THERE WASN'T AN ACCIDENT . I HAVE CONTACTED DEXTER AXLES AND LIPPERT AND ALSO HEARTLAND AND THEY ALL SAY IT'S NOT THERE PROBLEM

WAS TRAVELING EAST BOUND I-10 13 MILES EAST OF DESERT CENTER CA. DRIVING AT 60 MILES PER HOUR MY LEFT FRONT TIRE ON THE TRAILER HAD A CATASTROPHIC FAILURE. I PULLED TO THE SIDE GOT OUT AND UPON INSPECTION OF OTHER TIRES I FOUND ANOTHER TIRE WITH BUBBLE ON THE SIDE WALL. CLEARLY SHOWING SEPARATION JUST ABOVE THE BEAD. AFTER GETTING THOSE TWO TIRES CHANGED AND TRYING TO GET HOME 100 MILES DOWN THE RODE THE LEFT REAR TIRE HAD A CATASTROPHIC FAILURE. THESE TIRES WERE BRAND NEW ON THE TRAILER WHEN WE BOUGHT THEM. THEY HAD LESS THAN 3000 MILES. I ALWAYS MONITOR TIRE PRESSURES ON MY VEHICLES MY TRAILERS WHEN STORED I MOVE THE TIRES MONTHLY SO THEY DON'T FLAT SPOT I COVER THEM TO KEEP THE SUN OFF THEM. I CHECK FOR ABNORMAL WEAR AND SIGNS OF CRACKING. THERE WAS NONE OF THIS. I HAVE BEEN TOWING TRAILERS FOR OVER 30 YEARS. I HAVE NEVER HAD THIS KIND OF PROBLEM.

TOWMAX STR ST235/80R16 TIRES. TIRE ON LEFT SIDE REAR OF TRAILER BLOW OUT AT 45-50 MPH ON INTERSTATE I80E COLFAX CA ABOUT 1 HOUR INTO TRIP WITH TOTAL RADIAL SEPARATION CAUSING DAMAGE TO RV BODY AND RIM. TIRES HAVE ABOUT 800 MILES ON THEM SINCE NEW WITH NEW LIKE TREAD AND CHECKED PSI OF 80 PRIOR TO TRIP. SAME INSTANCE HAPPENED ABOUT 1 YEAR PRIOR TO THE RIGHT SIDE REAR TIRE ABOUT 30 MINS INTO TRIP AT ABOUT 55 MPH IN SACRAMENTO I80E AGAIN WITH TOTAL TREAD SEPARATION.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2017 HEARTLAND WILDERNESS CAMPER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE OUTDOOR SECURITY LIGHT CAUGHT FIRE AND CAUSED STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO THE CAMPER. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS NOTIFIED AND NO INJURIES WERE SUSTAINED. A FIRE REPORT WAS NOT FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 120.

ON JULY 20, TOOK MY 2014 5TH WHEELER RV IN FOR TIRE INSPECTION PRIOR TO TRIP, AT THIS TIME I REPLACED 1 OF OF THE TIRES, EVEN THOUGH IT PASSED THE INSPECTION I WAS CONCERNED BECAUSE THAT TIRE SEEMED TO REACH A HIGHER TEMPERATURE TRAVELING. EXACTLY A WEEK LATER WHILE TRAVEL WITH THE PROPER TIRE PRESSURE AT 65MPH. ANOTHER TIRE BLEW OUT CAUSING SERIOUS DAMAGE TO MY RV. THIS RV WAS PURCHASED NEW IN 2015, TO THIS DAY I HAVE REPLACED 3 TIRES DUE TO DEFECT, THIS WAS THE LAST OF THE ORIGINAL TIRES BESIDE THE SPARE. THESE TIRES ARE DANGEROUS NOT ONLY THO THE DRIVER OF THE UNIT, BUT OTHER TRAVELERS ON THE ROAD. THERE WAS LESS THEN 1000 MILES ON THEM! I AM JUST ONE OF AN ABUNDANCE OF PEOPLE THAT HAVE ALL EXPERIENCED SIMILIAR EXPEREINCES WITH TOWMAX STR 235/80R/16 LOAD E TIRES!

TOW MAX SRT TIRES ARE BLOATED AND OUT OF ROUND AFTER 6K MILES, ONE BLEW OUT CAUSING RV DAMAGE. ALL FOUR ON RV FROM MANUFACTURE (HEARTLAND) ARE BLOATED AND HAD TO BE REPLACED AFTER ONLY 6K MILES.

WE HAD A TIRE EXPLODE ON OUR FIFTH WHEEL TRAILER AND WERE ONLY GOING 25MPH. ALL TIRES ARE CHECKED FOR DAMAGE PRIOR TO EVERY TRIP AND MAX AIR PRESSURE ADJUSTED IF NEEDED. THE EXPLODING TIRE DAMAGED THE SIDE OF OUR TRAILER AND RIPPED OUT WIRING TO A SLIDE OUT. UPON REVIEW OF THE INTERNET AND RELATED TIRE ISSUES IT APPEARS THERE HAVE BEEN A HISTORY OF THESE FAILURES.

TOWMAX POWER KING ST235/85 16R E RATED TIRES MANUFACTURED DATE 4113. I REALLY PRIDE MYSELF ON SAFETY AND TAKING CARE OF MY RV AND TIRES. RV IS KEPT INSIDE A 30X60 BUILDING AND CLEANED OFF AFTER EVERY TRIP. I CHECK THE AIR PRESSURE IN MY TIRES BEFORE I LEAVE TO GO CAMPING AND BEFORE I COME BACK HOME FROM CAMPING. AND I NEVER PULL FASTER THAN 65 MPH. 2 TIMES IN 2 WEEKS HAD BLOWOUTS WITH THESE TIRES WHICH CAUSED DAMAGE TO MY COACH. TIRES ARE KEPT CLEAN PROPER AIR PRESSURE AND HAS LESS THAN 4500 MILES ON THEM. BOTH TIMES I WAS TRAVELING ON THE INTERSTATE. LAST WEEK I WAS TRAVELING AT 64 MPH AND TODAY 55 MPH. THE FIRST BLOWOUT WAS MAY 19, 2016 I-12 NEAR THE NORTHSHORE MALL EXIT THE SECOND BLOWOUT WAS MAY 30, 2016 ON THE I-10 MISSISSIPPI BRIDGE IN BATON ROUGE, LA.

TRAVELING 65 MILES AN HOUR, PULLING MY 2015 5TH WHEEL ON THE FREEWAY. TIRE BLEW. PULLED OVER ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, USED THE SPARE TO GET OFF THE FREEWAY AND TO DISCOUNT TIRE. PURCHASED 2 NEW TIRES.